Nature reserve · Maine
Spruce Island Preserve
Spruce Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lobster Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Islesboro Islands Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.27080, -68.93546
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Lobster Rock: 0.6 mi
- Philbrook Head: 1.7 mi
- Jobs Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Abrams Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Broad Point Preserve: 1.2 mi
- The Narrows Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Murray Preserve: 3.8 mi
- State of Maine Land: 3.8 mi
- Herbert Preserve: 5.2 mi
Parks
- Islesboro Town Beach: 2.7 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 3.7 mi
- Wyman Park: 4.0 mi
- Curtis Island Park: 7.4 mi
- Camden Amphitheater: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 50
- Pebble Beach: 3.0 mi
- Wales Beach: 3.1 mi
- Cals Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 3.7 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 3.8 mi
Museums: 35
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 0.8 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 1.8 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 3.1 mi
- Indian basket: 3.8 mi
- The Good Life Center: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Spruce Head: 2.7 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 3.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 5.4 mi
- The Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 8
- Andre the Seal: 9.0 mi
- Puffin Wall: 14.3 mi
- Seagull: 14.3 mi
- Lobster: 14.5 mi
- Sphere: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Castine Civil War Monument: 10.7 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 12.5 mi
- Cannon: 14.1 mi
- Fort Pownall: 14.9 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 4
- Tanglewood Garden: 4.8 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 14.5 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 21.1 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 4
- Prison Show Room: 18.4 mi
- The Wall: 18.5 mi
- Dome home: 21.8 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Vinal Falls: 13.7 mi
- Monroe Falls: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Spruce Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | WSW 253° | 419 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 249° | 390 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 254° | 384 m | 10.3 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | WSW 253° | 375 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | W 267° | 331 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | W 267° | 330 m | 11.9 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | WNW 293° | 317 m | 10.3 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | WSW 244° | 313 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:39 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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